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New AI model “learns” how to simulate Super Mario Bros. from video footage – ARS Technica

19 Photos That Will Remind You That Life Is Beautiful – Ned Hardy

Understanding Vishing: The Phone Scam Everyone Should Know About – Shield and Fortify

I was foolish once and thought every nail clipper was the same. Boy was I wrong when I clipped my nails with these for the first time. Night and day difference! – Amazon

Leaked Disney Data Reveals Financial and Strategy Secrets – WSJ

Oregon Reverses Course – State to Recriminalize Hard Drug Possession Amid New Law – WhatFinger

Smartphones Are the New Cigarettes – Technology Review

Linkin Park Selects Emily Armstrong From Rock Band Dead Sara as New Singer, Reveals Tour and Album ‘From Zero’ – Variety

Never Seek Or Accept A Counteroffer At Work. The Result Could Be Ugly – Business Insider

10 of the closest brushes with death that you’ve ever seen – Linkiest

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What’s a ‘Wojak’? – Life Hacker

Gotta Give Some Props To All The Folks Out There Putting In Work And Making That Healthy Transformation – Ned Hardy

If you have an air-fryer, you need to get this, it makes cleaning so much easier! – Amazon

A 27-year-old just became queen of New Zealand’s Maori – NPR

This is the Oldest House in France – Nerdable

Rich Homie Quan Dead at 34 – VICE

YubiKeys Are a Security Gold Standard—but They Can Be Cloned – Wired

Relatives Say Trouble at Home Drove Accused Georgia School Shooter – NY Times

Interesting

How Stalin Rewrote the Past with a Brushstroke

Imagine a world where reality itself bends to the whims of a single man’s paranoia and ambitions. Where the very fabric of history can be rewoven, torn apart, or stitched back together depending on the political winds. This wasn’t some dystopian fiction; this was Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union—a place where a photograph was never just a photograph, and where the lens of history was continually refocused to fit a singular, authoritarian narrative.

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Finance

Passing on Property: How to Avoid Big Tax Bills for Your Heirs

When planning for the future, it’s important to think about how you want to pass on your belongings, like your house, car, or savings. Deciding when to transfer these assets—before or after you pass away—can make a big difference in the amount of taxes your loved ones might have to pay. Let’s explore how each option affects taxes so you can make the best choice for your family.

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Relationships

Why You Should Stop Trying to “Win” Arguments with Your Partner

Let’s be real – we’ve all been there. You’re in the heat of an argument with your partner, and suddenly it feels like you’re in a courtroom drama. You’re pulling out receipts, citing past incidents, and trying to prove your point like your relationship depends on it. But here’s the thing: it doesn’t. In fact, trying to “win” arguments with your partner is probably doing more harm than good.

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They’re Breaking Every Retirement Rule to Be Off Now, Not Later – WSJ

A Few Memes For All The History Loving People Out There – Ned Hardy

If you have a large dog that pull and is hard to manage on walks, this gentle-leader is a total game changer – Amazon

How ‘Recovery Scams’ Target Victims Again – Shield and Fortify

How To (Re)Organize Your Kitchen, According to a Professional Organizer – Bon Appetit

The Most Famous Restaurant in Colorado Will Finally Take Reservations This Month – Thrillist

7 Most Notable Roman Emperors – Linkiest

Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn defends record amid Paris Olympics criticism – ESPN

Obsolete Jobs: Forgotten Occupations That No Longer Exist Today – Rare Historical Photos

Trivia Question of the Day – Ned Hardy

A dashcam is one of the best investment you can make. Should there be an accident, you’re instantly more credible than the other person – Amazon

23 Forgotten Superhero TV Shows – Den of Geek

Navy commander relieved of duty after photo showed him firing rifle with scope backward – NPR

How LA’s Illegal Short-Term Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites – Pro Publica

How Are Hit Songs Rediscovered Decades Later? A Statistical Analysis – Stat Significant

Ranked: The 10 Worst U.S. States to Retire In – Visual Capitalist

Could This Be the Start of Amazon’s Next Robot Revolution? – Wired

The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now – NY Times

Life Experiences

7 Inmates And Former Inmates Reveal What Solitary Confinement Is Like

1. Absolute hell. I was in solitary for 3 days as a 15 year old, which is nothing in a world where adult prisoners can spend a month or more in there. No clothes, no books, a steel bed and the room was kept very very cold. I was allowed a bible for 1 hour a day. The rest of my time was spent staring at the wall.

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Picture Of The Day

Picture of the Day

The morning after the first battle of Passendale, 1917.

The morning after the first battle of Passchendaele, 1917.

The dawn broke over a field that was not a field anymore, but a forsaken place where nothing lived but the dead. The earth was scarred, torn open by shellfire, its wounds filled with water and blood and the broken bodies of men.

They lay there, splayed out like some grim harvest, their faces turned toward the sky, blank and unseeing. The living moved among them with a slow, weary tread, as if they walked in the land of shadows.

The sun, a weak and dying thing, strained through the thick clouds, casting long, broken rays across the mud and the ruins of the world.

In the distance, the skeletal remains of trees stood like mourners, their branches reaching to the heavens as if to ask why.

But there was no answer, only the silence of the fallen and the soft, relentless drizzle that wept for what had been lost.